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Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.debian,alt.os.linux.ubuntu
From: Sybren Stuvel 
Subject: Re: software file joiner
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Chuck Dubois enlightened us with:
>>>>   cat f1 f2 .... > bigfile
>>> 
>>> It blows up on wmv files.
>> 
>> No reason for that, unless the output file is too big for your
>> system.  What error does cat give you?
>
> It throws garbage characters on the screen, beeps the system speaker
> and the display starts scrolling.

Then you must have missed the '>' symbol. You really need that to
redirect the output from your screen to the file.

Sybren
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